Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Powder storage container and image forming apparatus
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Application No.: US15956033Application Date: 2018-04-18
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Publication No.: US10558142B2Publication Date: 2020-02-11
- Inventor: Kazuki Matsumoto , Emi Kita , Kenji Nakamura , Minoru Toyoda
- Applicant: Kazuki Matsumoto , Emi Kita , Kenji Nakamura , Minoru Toyoda
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C.
- Priority: JP2017-115166 20170612
- Main IPC: G03G15/08
- IPC: G03G15/08

Abstract:
A powder storage container is provided. The powder storage container includes a container body, a discharge port, a conveyer, a stirrer, a return port, and a partition wall. The container body is configured to contain powder. The powder contained in the container body is dischargeable through the discharge port. The conveyer is configured to convey the powder to the discharge port. The stirrer is configured to stir the powder contained in the container body by rotating. The return port is disposed outside a rotational locus of the stirrer in a radial direction, and the powder conveyed by the conveyer is returnable through the return port toward the stirrer. The partition wall is disposed between the stirrer and the return port with at least a part of the partition wall positioned above the return port.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180356748A1 POWDER STORAGE CONTAINER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2018-12-13
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